{"id":427257,"date":"2011-05-20T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/20\/liverpools-raul-meireles-looks-for-contract-improvement-after-successful-first-season-report\/"},"modified":"2011-05-20T09:10:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T09:10:00","slug":"liverpools-raul-meireles-looks-for-contract-improvement-after-successful-first-season-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/20\/liverpools-raul-meireles-looks-for-contract-improvement-after-successful-first-season-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool&#8217;s Raul Meireles looks for contract improvement after successful first season &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>20 May 2011 10:10:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.2223719677\">\n<div readability=\"15.1724137931\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL: Raul Meireles, Liverpool v West Ham\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/125200\/125244_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL: Raul Meireles, Liverpool v West Ham<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"21.2920792079\"><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/portugal\/5388\/ra%C3%BAl-meireles\">Raul Meireles<\/a> will ask the club to improve his contract after being deemed a success in his first season on Merseyside, according to <em>The Guardian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese international joined from Porto last summer on a rumoured \u00a330,000 a week contract but was promised a summer review of those terms if he adapted well to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>He said recently: &#8220;If I had this opportunity I&#8217;d sign a new contract today. For 10 years, 20 years, for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meireles has flourished in the Premier League this season, particularly since the return of Kenny Dalglish, under whom he has scored all of his five goals this season.<\/p>\n<p>The former Porto midfielder, 27, also won the prestigious PFA Fans&#8217; Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/20\/2495094\/liverpools-raul-meireles-looks-for-contract-improvement\" title=\"Liverpool's Raul Meireles looks for contract improvement after successful first season - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool&#8217;s Raul Meireles looks for contract improvement after successful first season &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 20 May 2011 10:10:00 EPL: Raul Meireles, Liverpool v West Ham Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Liverpool midfielder Raul Meireles will ask the club to improve his contract after being deemed a success in his first season on Merseyside, according to The Guardian <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool&#039;s Raul Meireles looks for contract improvement after successful first season - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/20\/liverpools-raul-meireles-looks-for-contract-improvement-after-successful-first-season-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Liverpool&#039;s Raul Meireles looks for contract improvement after successful first season - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"20 May 2011 10:10:00 EPL: Raul Meireles, Liverpool v West Ham Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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